Montero closing in on move to Millonarios

The agent for the Seattle Sounders star striker said that the final details are being worked out and that his player is bound for the Colombian champion.

By Avi Creditor

Jan 4, 2013 9:00:00 AM

Fredy Montero's loan move from the Seattle Sounders to Colombian
club Millonarios appears to be closing in on becoming final.

Montero's representative confirmed that the final details in the
proposed deal are being handled in an interview with a Colombian
radio station on Friday. According to reports from Colombia, the
deal is a six-month loan that comes with an option for Millonarios
to purchase Montero outright for $4.5 million.

"It has been hard for Seattle seeing its star leaving, but we think
that Fredy's time in Seattle is done," Montero's agent, Helmut
Wenin, told RCN Antena 2. "We are grateful for the
opportunity, the great treatment Fredy had from the Sounders and
MLS, but we think it is time for Fredy to take his chances.

"We are just closing the details with Millonarios, and we hope that
the deal can be made public shortly."

Montero has scored at least 10 goals in each of his four seasons
with the Sounders, totaling 47 goals and 34 assists in that time,
but he came under fire for not scoring in any of the club's
postseason matches in the last four years. Once the move goes
final, he will join a club coming off a championship season in his
native country and one that will compete in the Copa Libertadores
in a group with Mexican champion Club Tijuana, FIFA Club World Cup
champions Corinthians and Bolivian side San Jose.

"Fredy is excited about the chance to play in Copa Libertadores,"
Wenin said. "It is hard from him to move on from the great years he
has had in MLS, but it is in his best interest to try another
experience right now."

Montero's looming departure means that the Sounders' attack will be
centered on U.S. national team forward Eddie Johnson, with other
players such as Sammy Ochoa and David Estrada likely expected to
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